Pronounced: bluhj, verb
Notes: I don’t mind not knowing this word, as it is not primarily used in this county.
Yesterday’s word
The word pensive means “sadly thoughtful; wistful”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1300s
Background / Comments
I thought of our word as “thoughtful”; I don’t really associate sadness with it. Our word came from the Old French word pensif (pensive), which came from penser (to think), which came from the Latin word pensare (ponder).
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